Example sentences of "trying [to-vb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I suppose you see maybe what they 're trying to do I mean as far as I know I mean previously the Inland Revenue or the valuation office part of the Inland Revenue they actually used to run a scheme where |
| 2 | ‘ Hope that you 'll finally understand what I 've been trying to let you know over the past few days without frightening you away by putting it into words . |
| 3 | Dr Benjamin Spock points out , however , that if an angry mother refrains from spanking she may show her irritation in other ways , for instance , by nagging the child for half the day or trying to make him feel deeply guilty . |
| 4 | ‘ She 's right , ’ said Dad , somewhat magisterially , when I went to him later and told him what she 'd said , trying to make him see how demented it was . |
| 5 | That was your own fault for trying to make me get back into the car . |
| 6 | I told her that oiling was not our job and that management was always trying to make us do more work for the same pay . |
| 7 | Of course , record companies are always going to want you to have a hit , but as far as what we do , they just have to look at our albums and try to pick out something they can exploit that way , after the event , as compared to trying to make us sit down and write a hit . |
| 8 | He played with a rubber washer that came drifting by , trying to make it spin around in the air in front of his nose . |